In their own words, six people who insist you see Portland and Oregon in a new way.

Cover Story
They are angry, agitated, wry. They are careful watchers,
even obsessive witnesses, to what is odd and distracting and wrong. And
they all stand on lonely promontories from which they view our cit
More

Portland’s greatest filmmaker and his controversial new movie.

Cover Story
What would Portland look like without Gus Van Sant?
The elk statue on
Southwest Main Street would still be there, but would you see it the
same way if Keanu Reeves and River Phoenix hadn’t hud
More

Take me to Vancouver, where the grass is legal and gays can marry.

Cover Story
Civilization beckons with red and orange
lights. They’re faint at first, glowing brighter as you drive north. The
little green sign marking the border sneaks up on you.
“Entering Washington,
More